The Figurative Tradition and the Whitney Museum of American Art: Paintings and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Issue 15839This volume, the catalog of the fiftieth-anniversary exhibition at the Whitney, charts the main currents of twentieth-century American figurative art. More than 200 illustration, 32 in color, are included. |
Contents
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Color Plates | 49 |
Painting 19001940 | 51 |
Sculpture 19001940 | 83 |
Painting 19411980 | 101 |
Sculpture 19411980 | 145 |
Selected Bibliography | 175 |
Index | 177 |
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